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G. W. 'UPTON BOTTLE.

No. 553,601. Patented Jan.- 28, 1896.

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G. W. UPTON.

BOTTLE.

Patnted Jan. 28

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GEORGE W'. UPTON, OF VARREN, OHIO.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,601, dated January 28, 1896x Application filed April 18, 1895. Serial No. 546,206. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. UPTON, of IVarren, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio7 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention contemplates certain newand useful improvements in bottles, and has reference more particularly to means for preventing the refilling of bottles after the original contents have been removed.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means for locking the valve in the neck of a bottle to prevent the removal thereof after being so locked.

A further object is to provide a non-removable valve guide or casing, which will also serve to prevent any surreptitious control of the valve.

A further object is to provide a bottle having the characteristics stated which shall possess advantages in point of simplicity and inexpensiveness.

These obj ects I accomplish by providing the neck of a bottle with an interior groove or recess and an inner casing acting as a guide for the valve, which casing is held in place by a lock which engages the groove or recess. The lock is operated after the casing is positioned by a vertically-movable member, which latter is in turn held by said lock as against removal. It is preferable to use two corresponding locking members which overlap or inclose the movable member a-fter the latter forces said locking members into engagement with the grooves in the bottle-neck. vThe valve is guided by this inner casing and has its seat against a reduced portion of the bottleneck or within the casing, in which event the latter is further held in placeby a collar of cork or the like around its lower end and is provided with an outlet for the liquid. The

valve is hollow and may be ofV pear shape or globular and provided with Aan extended portion. "Within the valve is placed mercury or the like, the weight of which serves to hold the valve to its seat and also aids in readily unseating the same.

The invention comprises the novel features of construction and the detail combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in side elevation of a portion of a bottle provided with my improvements7 showing the parts unlocked. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the casing locked in position. Figs. 3 and -t are views showing a slightly-modified form of lock. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the valve-casing and the valve located therein. Fig. (3 represents details of the lock. Fig. 7 is a view of a slightly-modified form of the valve-casing with the lock removed. Fig. 8 is a detail.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bottle, a portion only of which is shown. The neck a of this bottle is provided with a bulge forming an interior circular groove or recess a.

B is a casing located within the neck of the bottle. It has an upper flattened or rectangular portion, b, a lower cylindrical body, h', and in certain forms, such as in Figs. l to 5, is provided with a lower tapering extension b2, a circular reduced portion b3 forming an interior valve-seat b4. YVithin the casing is a valve O, which consists of a hollow ball b5 and an elongation b, which serves to guide the valve. In the ball b5 is a small quantity of mercury bi, theweight of which holds the valve toits seat, and the force of its flow serves to quickly unseat the valve when the bottle is tilted.

In the rectangular portion b of the valvecasing, at one end, is formed a lower hole or opening, cl, and an upper groove, d', while in the other end is another groove, d2, and a lower hole or opening7 cl3. An outlet-opening d'1 may be located at any desired point in the casing. It forms an outlet from the interior of the latter.

D D designate two locking members or levers, each of which consists of a straight portion e, the lower end of which is extended at substantially right angles to form a lug e', and a short distance above projects a second shorter lug e2. The upper end is extended to form an arm e3. The upper lug, e2, fits in the IOO grooves d and (Z2, `forming fulcra for the locking-levers, while the lower lugs are designed to project through the lower holes or openings, d (Z3. A cork ring c* on the tapered eX- tension b2 fits against the contracted portion c5 of the bottle-neck and serves to hold the casing firm at its lower end. A wedge-block E is designed to fit between the straight portions of these locking members, and when elevated, as shown in Fig. l, the said inembers occupy inclined positions with their lower lugs withdrawn from their holes or openings. After the casin g is inserted in the neck of the bottle the wedge-block is pushed downward by any suitable tool, (n ot shown, and the same forces the lower lugs laterally outward into the inner groove or recess a. `To aid in poj sitioning the wedge-block I may employ a small loose block c, having laterallugs c7, which latter are accommodated by slots @sin the sides of the upper end of the casing. The tool is made to grasp these lugs and thus force `the block E downward. Then the parts are thus positioned, the upper ends or arms of the locking members extend inward over the top of the wedge-block and the small block e4, and nearly entirely cover or close the rectangular opening at the upper end of said casing. The wedge-block is held as against lowering to too great an extent by the narrowed portion f between the rectangular and cylindrical portions of the casing. rlhus the casing is firmly locked within the bottleneck. It is, of course, inserted only after the bottle has been filled with liquid. To remove the latter the operator has only to invert the bottle, or nearly so, causing the unseatingiof the valve, which will permit the liquid contents to pass in through the casing and out through the outlet-opening into the neck of the bottle, from whence it will flow past the rectangular end of said casing. lVhen the bottle is again held or placed perpcndicularly, the valve will be instantly reseated. After the contents have been once emptied it is impossible to refill the bottle, since the valve cannot be unseated save when the bottle is tilted, and the valve-casing cannot be removed after once being locked in position, since the locking members cannot be turned on their fulcra because of the wedge-block fitting snug between their lower portions. Even if the block c will move upward it will not affect block E.

In some instances the casin g is not provided with the tapered extension, and in that event the valve F (see Fig. 7) is normally seated against the contractions c5 of the bottleneck and is made pear sha-pe, its upper end j" extending into the cylindrical body ZJ' of the casing, which acts as a guide for the valve. In Fig. 7 I have also shown the casing f2 as provided with upper and lower slots f3 f4 for the lugs of the locking members, and from the sides of the rectangular endsproject wings g, which at their edges conform to the neck of the bottle and prevent any surreptitious control of the valve. In this form the liquid passes outward around the cylindrical body of the casin g and around the ends of the wings.

It is obvious that in lieu of employing two corresponding locking members but one may be used, as shown in Figs. 3 to G. In that event the upper end e of the locking-lever G is slightly elongated so as to extend over the upper end of the wedge-block g2. One advantage of the single locking member is that it can be made of heavier and stronger material.

All the parts are preferably made of glass.

It will be understood that I do not confine myself to the exact construction and arrangement of parts as herein specified, and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Forinstance, the groove or recess .in the neck of the bottle may be located `at any desired point and the locking-in of the casing may be above or below the valveseat.

The advantages of my invention are apparent. It will be particularly observed that the locking members are forced laterallyinto engagement with the groove .or recess in the neck of the bottle by the wedge-block, and that the latter is itself locked in place by the said locking members, thereby rendering it impossible to remove the casing without breaking the parts.

I claim as my inventionl. A bottle having agroove or recess and a valve in its neck, a casing for said valve, a lock for said casing having laterally movable projections anda vertically movable member for forcing said projections outwardly into said groove or recess, substantially as set forth.

2. A bottle having a valve in its neck, a casing inserted in said neck and having a side opening, a lock carried within sa-id casing and designed to extend through said opening, and a vertically-movable member also within said casing for binding said lock after said casing is positioned, said member being held within said casing by said lock, substantially as set forth.

3. A bottle having a valve in its neck, a casing inserted in said neck, a lock carried by said casing having projecting `portions one of which is designed to engage said neck, and a member for forcing said latteriprojecting portions into engagement with said neck, substantially as set forth, the other` projecting portion of said lock forming a protector for said member, as stated.

4. A bottle having a valve in its neck, and provided with a groove or recess, a casing having a side opening and designed to be held in said neck, a lock for said casing located therein and provided witha pivoted member having a projecting portion designed to project through said opening to engage said groove or recess, and a wedging block for locking said member, substantially as set forth.

5. A bottle having a valve in its neck and IOO IIO

provided with a groove or recess, a casing designed to be held in said neck, a lock therefor comprising two pivoted members having lateral projections to engage said groove or recess, and a wedge block for forcing said projection into said engagement, substantially as set forth. f

6. A bottle having a valve in its neck, and a groove or recess, a casing designed to be held in said neck, a lock therefor comprising two pivoted members having their lower ends projected outward and their upper ends inward, and a wedging block for forcing said lower ends outward and causing said upper end to extend over and protect said wedging block, substantially as set forth.

7. A bottle having a valve in its neck and a groove or recess, a casing having openings in its upper end, locking levers pivoted on said casing and having lugs designed to project through said openings, and a wedge block for forcing said lugs outward, substantially as set forth.

8. A bottle having a valve in its neck and a groove or recess, a casing having an upper rectangular end provided with openings at its ends, a lock comprising two pivoted members having lugs designed to project through said openings, and a wedge block, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination with a bottle having a valve in its neck and an inner groove or recess, of a casing designed to be inserted in said neck having 'inlet and outlet openings, and an upper rectangular portion provided with holes or openings, a lock having lateral projections designed to be forced through said holes or openings, and a wedge block designed to force said projections outward, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with a bottle having its neck provided with a groove or recess, of a casing designed to be tted in said neck and having a lower tapered portion, a ring fitted on said tapered portion, said casing having inlet and outlet openings and an inner valve seat, a valve movable in said casing; a lock having pivoted members provided with lateral projections, and a wedge block for forcing said projections outward into engagement with said groove or recess, substantially as set forth.

1l. The combination with a bottle having its neck provided with a groove or recess and a valve, of the casing provided with opposite slots, a lock having members pivoted to said casing and provided with lateral projections, a block designed to force said projections outward, and a second block designed to engage said former block having lateral arms designed to extend into said slots, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. UPTON.

Vitnesses J. NOTA McGILL, WM. S. HoDGEs. 

